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The bulletin of Atlanta University, 1895 no. 62

The bulletin of Atlanta University

NUMBER 62. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FEBRUARY, 1895 ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA., Is a Christian Institution, unsec-tarian in its management and influence, wholly controlled by an independent Board of Trustees, and receiving no aid from city, state or national government, or benevolent society. Has 216 students in College, Normal, College-Preparatory and Sub-Normal departments, under 15 officers and teachers. Trains teachers and leaders of their race from among the sons and daughters of the Freedmen of the South. Has sent out 275 graduates from College and Normal courses, 7 nearly all of whom, together with hundreds of past undergraduates, are engaged in teaching and other useful work in Georgia and surrounding States. Owns four large brick buildings, on sixty-five acres of land, one mile from the centre of Atlanta, Ga.; library of 8,000 vols., apparatus and other equipment—all valued at not less than a quarter of a million dollars. Having no endowment {except about $33,000, mostly for special objects), the Institution requires at least $20,000 a year in donations from its friends, to continue the work now in hand, and a fnnd of about $500,000 to put that work on a permanent basis. Annual scholarships of $40 each are asked for to provide for the tuition of one student for one year, over and above the nominal tuition fees paid by -the student. Subscriptions of $100 and up-wards, or any smaller sums, are solicited for general current expenses. Remittances of donations, or inquiries for further information, may be addressed to Pres. Horace Bumstead, D. D., Atlanta, Ga. We call special attention to the article by Professor Merriam of Hartford on the School and College Days of Professor Hincks. We regret that it did not reach us in time for insertion in the Memorial Number of the Bulletin. President Bumstead has recently made a visit to the school of about a month. It is infelicitous that " visit " should be the right word to use in this connection, and that his visits should be so much like those of angels as respects their infrequency. But in its character, teachers and pupils are pleased to say that it did partake of the angelic. His four sermons so full of thought, grace, instruction, and sympathy were a benediction. It was a striking coincidence that he came about the time -that he had intended to come, and that the time was just after the death of Professor Hincks. This fact made his days very busy and altogether too few. Most college presidents in these times have to assume the garb of financial agents a good deal but not so continuously as President Bumstead. We are hoping and praying that the good time coming, when an endowment will permit our president to do the works of a president, will come soon and delay not. Owing to the necessity for retrenchment this year, we have no teacher of cooking. But the matron, Mrs. Atkinson, in addition to her regular duties, is voluntarily giving some instruction in this line, and is having the girls make all the bread for the family. For the same reason we have no teacher of nursing and Mrs. Burdick, the pre- ceptress, who is herself a trained nurse, is instructing a class in this branch without pay for such service. All the teachers are working too hard. Excellent instruction in vocal music is being given by Professor Webster, and so the school is not feeling the loss of a special teacher in this department. The quality of our singing never has been better. The University Glee Club is greatly in demand to sing at entertainments and assist in concerts, Their latest piece is " The Raven," which they sing with excellent spirit, fine blending of voices, and almost perfect time. Rev. M. W. Adams, Professor of Greek, has been elected by the Church of Christ in Atlanta University as their pastor. Mr. Adams was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1881, and from Hartford Theological Seminary in 1884. He was pastor for four years in Middle Haddam, Conn., and in Hopkinton, N. H., after which he took a year of post-graduate study at An-dover Seminary, just before coming to Atlanta. Among the commissioners of the Negro exhibit for the Atlanta Exposition at their recent meeting it was pleasant to recognize four former students of Atlanta University: President R. R. Wright, State College of Industry Savannah, Professor W. H. Crogman, Professor of Greek and Latin, Clark University, Rev. John W. Whittaker, pastor of the 1st Congregational Church New Orleans, La., and Rev. Geo. V. Clark, pastor of the Congregational Church Memphis, Tenn.

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NUMBER 62. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FEBRUARY, 1895 ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA., Is a Christian Institution, unsec-tarian in its management and influence, wholly controlled by an independent Board of Trustees, and receiving no aid from city, state or national government, or benevolent society. Has 216 students in College, Normal, College-Preparatory and Sub-Normal departments, under 15 officers and teachers. Trains teachers and leaders of their race from among the sons and daughters of the Freedmen of the South. Has sent out 275 graduates from College and Normal courses, 7 nearly all of whom, together with hundreds of past undergraduates, are engaged in teaching and other useful work in Georgia and surrounding States. Owns four large brick buildings, on sixty-five acres of land, one mile from the centre of Atlanta, Ga.; library of 8,000 vols., apparatus and other equipment—all valued at not less than a quarter of a million dollars. Having no endowment {except about $33,000, mostly for special objects), the Institution requires at least $20,000 a year in donations from its friends, to continue the work now in hand, and a fnnd of about $500,000 to put that work on a permanent basis. Annual scholarships of $40 each are asked for to provide for the tuition of one student for one year, over and above the nominal tuition fees paid by -the student. Subscriptions of $100 and up-wards, or any smaller sums, are solicited for general current expenses. Remittances of donations, or inquiries for further information, may be addressed to Pres. Horace Bumstead, D. D., Atlanta, Ga. We call special attention to the article by Professor Merriam of Hartford on the School and College Days of Professor Hincks. We regret that it did not reach us in time for insertion in the Memorial Number of the Bulletin. President Bumstead has recently made a visit to the school of about a month. It is infelicitous that " visit " should be the right word to use in this connection, and that his visits should be so much like those of angels as respects their infrequency. But in its character, teachers and pupils are pleased to say that it did partake of the angelic. His four sermons so full of thought, grace, instruction, and sympathy were a benediction. It was a striking coincidence that he came about the time -that he had intended to come, and that the time was just after the death of Professor Hincks. This fact made his days very busy and altogether too few. Most college presidents in these times have to assume the garb of financial agents a good deal but not so continuously as President Bumstead. We are hoping and praying that the good time coming, when an endowment will permit our president to do the works of a president, will come soon and delay not. Owing to the necessity for retrenchment this year, we have no teacher of cooking. But the matron, Mrs. Atkinson, in addition to her regular duties, is voluntarily giving some instruction in this line, and is having the girls make all the bread for the family. For the same reason we have no teacher of nursing and Mrs. Burdick, the pre- ceptress, who is herself a trained nurse, is instructing a class in this branch without pay for such service. All the teachers are working too hard. Excellent instruction in vocal music is being given by Professor Webster, and so the school is not feeling the loss of a special teacher in this department. The quality of our singing never has been better. The University Glee Club is greatly in demand to sing at entertainments and assist in concerts, Their latest piece is " The Raven," which they sing with excellent spirit, fine blending of voices, and almost perfect time. Rev. M. W. Adams, Professor of Greek, has been elected by the Church of Christ in Atlanta University as their pastor. Mr. Adams was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1881, and from Hartford Theological Seminary in 1884. He was pastor for four years in Middle Haddam, Conn., and in Hopkinton, N. H., after which he took a year of post-graduate study at An-dover Seminary, just before coming to Atlanta. Among the commissioners of the Negro exhibit for the Atlanta Exposition at their recent meeting it was pleasant to recognize four former students of Atlanta University: President R. R. Wright, State College of Industry Savannah, Professor W. H. Crogman, Professor of Greek and Latin, Clark University, Rev. John W. Whittaker, pastor of the 1st Congregational Church New Orleans, La., and Rev. Geo. V. Clark, pastor of the Congregational Church Memphis, Tenn.